Filler and support for carriage-bows.



PATENTED JUNE 2,1903;

W, COLE. FILLER AND SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE BOWS.

7 APPLICATION rum) mm. 26. 1902. no MODEL.

UNITED" STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARV EY W. COLE, OF BUEN AVlSTA, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,094, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed December 26,1902. Serial No. 136,669. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY W. COLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Buenavista, in the county of Schuyler and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usebow which will not be liable to break when the top is down or in folded position.

Another object is to provide an improved joint between the filler and slat-iron. Y

My invention consists in an improved filler in combination with an improved slat-iron and a double T-joint, by means of which the adjacent ends of the filler and slat-iron are slid together and held securely in place.

The invention further consists in certain other novel features of construction and combinations of parts,which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved carriage-bow. Fig. 2 shows the parts detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the adjacent ends of the support and filler detached. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of the ends of the filler and slat-iron attached to one another. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the point of connection of the slat-iron and filler, and-Fig. 6 is a view of the sheet-metal casing.

A represents the filler, which is preferably made of malleable cast metal, having the general taper of a carriage-bow and consisting of a central web 1, provided with lateral ribs 2 2, curved on their outer surfaces. At the smaller end of the filler these ribs extenda short distance beyond the web 1, as shown at 3 3, for a purpose hereinafter described.

13 indicates the slat-iron, likewise cast of metal. In the event that the slat-iron and filler are made separate the slat-iron is adapted to be secured to the smaller end of the filler. The joint is preferably formed in the following manner: The slat-iron is slotted or slitted, as at 9, to receive and fit the inner end of the web of the filler, and the width of this slot or slit just corresponds to the thickness of the web, so that the fit is a snug one. The slat-iron is flattened at opposite sides and at rightanglesto this slot or slit, asat 4 4:, so that the metal remaining, in which the slit or slot is formed, just enters and fits snugly between the flanges of the filler, and these flattened surfaces extend back from the inner end of the slot a distance corresponding to the projecting ends 3 3 of the ribs to the shoulders 5 5. The intermediate surfaces of the joint end of the slat'iron are tapered down 'to nothing, as at G 6.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the parts are assembled the end of the filler A is held tightfrictionally by'the walls of the slot in the slat-iron, which embrace the web and engage theinner surfaces of the ribs,

and the flattened inner surfacs of the ribs embrace the edges of the slat-iron, so that the joint is absolutely rigid and the possibility of looseness or play in the joint oraccidental dismemberrnent is precluded. In this way a simple, inexpensive, rigid, and effectual joint is formed, giving great strength without adding any appreciable weight to the how. The slat-iron is then secured to the filler by means of rivets 7 passing through the walls of the slot and the web.

As will be seen from the drawings, the filler is I-shaped in cross-section and the filler and slat-iron are adapted to be covered with sheetiron when finished. The preferred manner of incasing theflller is as follows: .The sheetiron casing is first bent to the shape of the filler, thus forming a hollow tube 8, which is soldered or otherwise secured .to the slat-iron against the shoulders 5 5, the slotted end of the slat-iron being inclosed within the casing. The filler is then slipped into the opposite end of the tube 8 and its smaller end is received within the slot 9 of the slat-iron, as before described. In this manner the casing Sand the filler are retained in position.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and. scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exactlconstruction herein, set forth;'but,

Havingfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fillercomprising a bodyportion or web, flanges located on the longitudinal edges of the body portion or web, the flanges extending transversely to the web and to a short distance beyond the end of the web, respectively.

2. A filler comprising a tapering body portion or web, flanges located on the longitudinal edges of the body portion or Web, the flanges extending transversely to the Web and to a short distance beyond the end of the web, respectively.

3. A filler comprising a Web transverse flanges located at the longitudinal edges of the web, the flanges extending beyond the end of the web, and a separate slat-iron, comprising a body portion, provided with a slotted end, the opposite sides of the end being flattened, the remaining sides of the slotted end of the slat-iron being beveled, the web of the filler received within the slotted end of the slatiron, the beveled faces of the slat-iron adapted to embrace the web, the flanges on the web adapted to embrace the flattened faces of the slat-iron and means for securing the two sections together.

4:. A filler and support for carriage-bows comprising a perfectly straight tapering central web and lateral ribs or flanges at its front and rear edges whereby the carriage-bow is made rigid and prevented from bending laterally or edgewise.

5. The combination with a filler or support for carriage-bows comprising a tapering central web and lateral ribs or flanges at its front and rear edges, which maintain the filler against bending or bowing, of a tube of corresponding form adapted to receive the filler.

6. The combination with a filler or support for carriage-bows comprising a tapering central web and lateral ribs or flanges at its front and rear edges, which maintain the filler against bending or bowing, of a tube of corresponding form adapted to receive the filler and a slat-iron adapted to be secured to the smaller end of the filler and be hinged to the carriage-seat.

7. The combination with a support or slatiron having a diametrically-formed slot or slit at one end, of a filler comprising a Web and flanges at the edges, the web adapted to enter the slot or slit and fit the same and the flanges to tightly embrace opposite surfaces of the support or socket.

8. The combination with a filler, comprising a Web, and ribs or flanges at the edges thereof, said ribs or flanges projecting beyond the Web at one end, of a support or slat-iron, one end of which is slotted or slitted, and cut away at opposite surfaces at right angles to the slot or slit and a distance beyond the inner end of the latter equal to the length of the projections of the filler-flanges beyond the web, and shoulders at the inner ends of these surfaces.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARVEY XV. COLE. Witnesses:

LENNA MOOABE, T. E. Bo'rTENnERc. 

